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Giving as evidence document called for and produced on notice
Cap. 95, s. 77 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Where a party calls for a document which he has given the opposite party notice to produce, and the document is produced to and inspected by the party calling for its production, he is bound to give it as evidence if the party producing it requires him to do so and if it is relevant or admissible in evidence.
(2) Where a party refuses to produce a document which he has had notice to produce, he may not afterwards use the document as evidence, without the consent of the opposite party, unless the refusal was, in the opinion of the judge, reasonable at the time.
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